He's kind of like that. Kind of like a genie-god mash-up.

[That isn't the important thing here, though. It's the whole time loop and paradox that's the big deal, and as Varian tries to work out the baffling logic Fern makes a frustrated noise, reaching up to tug on the ears of his hat.]

I don't know! It's - Prismo's a dream, so for him to exist he needs a dreamer, and he was able to make a paradox version of my brother for that, but I don't know why I got stuck in the whole mess!